Word: warnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were democrats in 1933 . . . Our spirit has stood a test which not every free citizen would have found easy to meet . . . We know that dictatorship can be beaten only by meeting it before it begins. That is why we are willing to risk everything today .. . But we solemnly warn every democratic citizen of the free world of the urgency of this moment when he must make a good and a clear decision. Otherwise, Berlin will be lost, with only a diplomatic protest as an after-echo." (At the end, the Russian officer is angrily rocking the empty chair beside...
Social climbing is something the doctors specifically warn against: "We have been able to show that among patients with chronic disease in general, with duodenal ulcers and with thyroid disorders there is an unusual number of social climbers and strainers, that is, persons who want to improve their social status...
Reporting of grades to University Hall at midterm will be at the discretion of instructors from now on. They may "report to the Dean's Office a student whose work is unsatisfactory," in order to allow the Office to warn such students...
...doctors who developed topectomy warn that not all insane patients can benefit from it. The delicate operation, which takes four to six hours, should not be tried until all other forms of treatment (shock, psychotherapy, etc.) have failed...
...minute. But between South Africa and South America, there are few ships, and only one small weather station, on the island of Tristan da Cunha. Since most storms in the area strike from the west, a wave recorder on the African coast might give a day or two of warning before a storm arrives. Dr. Deacon also believes that a competent oceanographer might make a good living by setting up a wave recorder on the coast of Chile and watching for storms approaching from the lonely South Pacific. When he noted the telltale swells, he could warn shipping companies...